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Autonomous technologies now drive significant change in trucking and freight transportation. Transport Topics autonomous coverage provides a comprehensive look at that change. It provides the latest details on deployment concepts such as advanced driver-assist systems, transfer hubs, teleoperations, platooning and off-road automation and latest analysis of the companies who are manufacturing, adopting and investing in these technologies. Readers can follow the impact such deployment has on everything from policy and infrastructure initiatives to highway congestion, fuel consumption, fleet management, driver management and business investment.

Government, Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

Daimler Rolls Back Autonomous Taxi Plan, Focuses on Trucks

Daimler chairman Ola Kaellenius recently announced that the company was taking a reality check on autonomous taxis and focusing on self-driving longhaul trucks instead.

November 18, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

VW Challenges Rivals With $66 Billion Splurge for Electric Era

Volkswagen AG will ramp up spending on electric vehicles and automated driving by 36% as the worlds largest automaker challenges rivals to keep pace with an aggressive shift into the post-combustion era.

November 15, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Ford Puts Iconic Mustang Name on First Electric Crossover

Ford Motor Co., which pioneered the racy pony-car body style 55 years ago, will use the Mustang name and insignia on an electric crossover utility vehicle coming next year.

November 15, 2019
Business, Technology, Autonomous

German Industrial Job Losses Top 80,000 With Daimler Cuts

Daimler AG said this week it will shed 10% of management positions at its Mercedes unit, lifting the tally of job cuts announced this year across Germanys manufacturing sector to more than 80,000.

November 15, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Autonomous

Consumer Reports Finds Vehicle Redesigns Come With Glitches

DETROIT When it comes to buying a new car, the latest and greatest may not be the most dependable.

November 14, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Daimlers New CEO Ola Kallenius Warns Shift to Electric Cars Will Be Painful

Daimler AGs new CEO warned there will be no quick fix for the automakers struggles to adapt to an era of self-driving, electric cars.

November 14, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Boeing Scuttles Use of Robots for Fuselage Work on 777, 777X Jetliners

Score one for the humans. After four years of trial and error, Boeing Co. is dumping one of its most ambitious forays into automation: the robots that build two main fuselage sections for its 777 jetliners and an upgraded version known as 777X.

November 14, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

Tesla to Build Factory in Germany After Subsidies Announced

BERLIN Germany on Nov. 13 hailed Teslas decision to build its first European factory in the country, days after the government said it would boost subsidies for buyers of electric cars.

November 13, 2019
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous, TCA

As L.A. Ports Automate, Some Workers Are Cheering On Robots

The arrival of robots at the Port of Los Angeles is exposing a stark economic divide between two sets of Southern California workers.

November 7, 2019
Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous

Pizza Delivery in Snow No Problem With Yandex Delivery Robot

Yandex NV, Russias largest internet company, is rolling out a suitcase-sized robot that will attempt to deliver take-out despite Moscows winter snowstorms.

November 7, 2019